 | United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1970 - 946 Seiten
...to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power in the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular...ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and win not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice of representation. " John answered... | |
 | Myles J. Kelleher - 2004 - 346 Seiten
...— or there might be hell to pay: Do not put such unlimited power in the hands of Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular...Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Law in which we have no voice, or representation.2 Despite their repeated failure to achieve legal... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - 2004 - 214 Seiten
...Abigail Adams, sensing a genial mood, teased him with her celebrated ultimatum: "Remember the ladies. ... If particular care and attention is not paid to the...ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation."16 Adams responded in kind. We have only the name of masters, and rather than give... | |
 | Bonnie G. Smith - 2004 - 352 Seiten
...urge the passage of laws that curtailed the "unlimited power" of men over their wives, warning that "if particular care and attention is not paid to the...ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation."7 She and her friend Mercy Otis Warren shared their feelings in private correspondence,... | |
 | Susan Wilson - 2004 - 372 Seiten
...them than your ancestors! Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular...ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion." Tales of John and Abigail, of course, are only part of the allure of Adams National Historical Park.... | |
 | Frank J. McVeigh, Loreen Therese Wolfer - 2004 - 466 Seiten
...generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. If particular care and attention is not paid to us, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will...hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no choice" (Meyerson, 1975:71). John Adams responded to his wife's pleas in the spirit of other "Founding... | |
 | Richard H. Millington - 2004 - 314 Seiten
...Convention in 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to inform him that unless their rights were respected, women were "determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold...ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation."6 Defenders of male privilege answered that the bodily differences between men and... | |
 | Jennifer Prior - 2004 - 194 Seiten
...power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. lf perticular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.... | |
 | Carol H. Behrman - 2003 - 130 Seiten
...women received equal rights, including the right to vote. "Remember the Ladies," she told him. "[Women] will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice." When her husband replied that "we [men] know better than to give up our... power," Abigail was furious.... | |
 | Peter Augustine Lawler, Robert Martin Schaefer - 2005 - 444 Seiten
...them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular...Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation. That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute,... | |
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And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the... 
